Hey Groove Masters,
James here… let’s talk about how to play riffs using the open strings on the bass guitar.
Now, one of the many reasons the bass is a super cool instrument is because it’s a pattern and shape based animal.
Once you’ve learned a riff or a groove, all you need to do is shift it up or down the neck and you can play it in a brand new key.
Very cool… this is something piano players or trumpet players, for instance, can only dream of 😉
However, things can change a little bit when we hit the open strings.
Today I want to show the one simple hack that makes shifting from the ‘fretted positions’ to the ‘Open Positions’ a breeze.
Once I discovered this, integrating the open strings into my basslines became a breeze.
In this lesson you will discover:
- The difference between the ‘fretted positions’ and the ‘open positions’
- Why the open positions can be tricky
- How to shift a riff into the open position.
As always, keep groovin' hard.
James